Spring 2025 Graduation List
July 15, 2025
South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University announces spring 2025 graduates
BROOKINGS, S.D. — The following students graduated after the spring 2025 semester at South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University. The students listed below completed all requirements for a degree and/or certificate program, and those requirements have been verified by the appropriate college.
The names of honor graduates marked with WH designate graduation with honor; WHH, with high honor; WHHH, with highest honor; CL, Cum Laude; MCL, Magna Cum Laude; and SCL, Summa Cum Laude.
Overall, students from 34 states and 28 nations graduated in the spring 2025 semester. Nearly 70 students received two or more degrees or certificates from a college.
**This list is sorted in the following order: State, Hometown and Student Name, but it can be edited as one sees fit for one’s publication.**
Spring 2025
| Name | Honors | Home City | State | Degree, College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac M. Kvokov | CL | Anchorage | Alaska | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Colby Cordell Humphrey | Laveen | Arizona | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Whitney Marie Koistinen | Scottsdale | Arizona | Master of Science, SNURS | |
| Lacey Holt | Alma | Arkansas | Master of Education, SEHS | |
| Michael Anthony Mara | Salida | California | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Marielle Kongolo Yumba | San Francisco | California | Master of Science, SENGR, and graduate certificate, SENGR | |
| Grant Nathan Woosley | Grand Junction | Colorado | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Lydia Alexi Loken | CL | Gunnison | Colorado | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Nathan Alvin Whitaker | Johnstown | Colorado | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Matthew Ryan Maag | Lakewood | Colorado | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Adam Charles Benes | CL | Longmont | Colorado | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Uri Mills Goedert | Meeker | Colorado | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS | |
| Olivia Grace Tagart | Thornton | Colorado | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Justin Ackerman | MCL | Timnath | Colorado | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Devon Michael Cole | Clermont | Florida | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Jieun Kim | Gainesville | Florida | Bachelor of Science, SNS | |
| Samantha Christine Moran | Naples | Florida | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Jesslynn Marie Claudio | Orlando | Florida | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Owen Alan Brown | Riverview | Florida | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Paul Antonio Anderson | West Park | Florida | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Jeffrey Terrell Cruz Sapakoff | Augusta | Georgia | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Hannah L. Steele | MCL | Woodstock | Georgia | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Dellana Jean Muck | CL | Caledonia | Illinois | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Jarod Thomas DePriest | Elmwood | Illinois | Master of Science, SAHSS | |
| Elise McKenna Deaver | Island Lake | Illinois | Master of Science, SEHS |